Located in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains, Lake Como offers a landscape from various aspects. Along its banks alternate pastures, forests, rugged and towering cliffs, picturesque villages overlooking the water and beautiful villas with landscaped gardens. The Center Lake is situated where the three branches, is the mildest climate and the broader landscape, accessible by boat you can enjoy a nice view over the promontory of Varenna, Bellagio, which dominates the northern Grigna Valsassina , on a clear day, high on the basin with the Alps in the background.

On the banks of the lake, particularly in Varenna, Bellagio and Menaggio, you can admire the beautiful villas with parks, full of flowers, exotic and rare plants . In the center of Lake Como lake grow lemons and olives (to taste the unique flavor of Vezio oil, still produced on the hill above Varenna).

Just think of the Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, now converted into a sumptuous hotel with a magnificent park, or the Villa Passalacqua Moltrasio, the beautiful Villa Arconati at the tip of Balbianello in Lenno, which opens the series of the famous villas of Tremezzo, among which stands out Villa Carlotta, rich in masterpieces of art and natural attractions with its flowered park. On the other side, in Bellagio, shines as the other villas Serbelloni, transformed into Grand Hotel and the Villa Melzi, adorned with a beautiful botanical garden.

Our Lecco branch offers a more rugged landscape and charming, with the southern Grigna (2184 m.), of dolomitic origin, and the Horns of Canzo (1373 m.), descending towards the lake, forming evocative coves and inlets. In addition to these views in that branch of Lake Como, “”which turns at noon”” as From Manzoni Novel , there is the source of Fiumelatte, described by Leonardo da Vinci not far from the Renaissance Villa Monastero of Varenna and the next one, the Villa Cypress.